07-03-2020, 11:01 PM
On 7/3, the NY Times ran a piece about Maine Lobstermen. (viewing is by subscription)
Maine, due to lack of tourists, is in the same boat as NS. The article does not mention the details/items DToT has shared but here are some highlights::
In the waning days of June, Mr. Hutchings said he was selling the more costly hard-shell lobsters at around $4.50 a pound, roughly half of what he was able to get for them a year ago. In Lincolnville Harbor, only three of eight boats in the cove had lobster traps in the water
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Mr. Trump issued a proclamation directing the agriculture secretary to find ways to assist the lobster industry, which he said had been unfairly targeted with retaliatory tariffs by China (which) nearly crippled exports from wholesalers like Mr. Young. Maine lobster exports to China fell by 48.24 percent in 2019.
Canadian resellers have stepped in, buying shellfish from Maine wholesalers, albeit at a lower price, ....
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(his buyer’s plants are already full) yet this maine lobsterman put in all 800 traps this year.)
I don't know how much Canada exported to China this year, nor what the selling price in China is for 2020. Is this checkable (and would said info be helpful?) There is a Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative, but that doesn't help NS and their Asian control problem.
I always thought the JA marketing arm for North America as a cushy job, as well as being to buddy-buddy with the AI's and bigger hotels.
Maine, due to lack of tourists, is in the same boat as NS. The article does not mention the details/items DToT has shared but here are some highlights::
In the waning days of June, Mr. Hutchings said he was selling the more costly hard-shell lobsters at around $4.50 a pound, roughly half of what he was able to get for them a year ago. In Lincolnville Harbor, only three of eight boats in the cove had lobster traps in the water
...
Mr. Trump issued a proclamation directing the agriculture secretary to find ways to assist the lobster industry, which he said had been unfairly targeted with retaliatory tariffs by China (which) nearly crippled exports from wholesalers like Mr. Young. Maine lobster exports to China fell by 48.24 percent in 2019.
Canadian resellers have stepped in, buying shellfish from Maine wholesalers, albeit at a lower price, ....
# # #
(his buyer’s plants are already full) yet this maine lobsterman put in all 800 traps this year.)
I don't know how much Canada exported to China this year, nor what the selling price in China is for 2020. Is this checkable (and would said info be helpful?) There is a Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative, but that doesn't help NS and their Asian control problem.
I always thought the JA marketing arm for North America as a cushy job, as well as being to buddy-buddy with the AI's and bigger hotels.